#176A90#176A90

#176A90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.096 H 234.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A90
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 144)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 26.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, -9.80, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 29.23, 250.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% -0.056 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.096 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5394, 12.5025, 28.2379)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A90 #903D17

analogous

#179079 #176A90 #172D90

triadic

#176A90 #90176A #6A9017

tetradic

#176A90 #791790 #903D17 #2D9017

square

#176A90 #791790 #903D17 #2D9017

split-complementary

#176A90 #90172D #907917

monochromatic

#061C26 #0F435B #176A90 #1F91C5 #41AEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#176A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#176A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A90

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A90	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.096 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94b0',
    500: '#176a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a90;
$custom-light: #6a94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49554,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A90

secondary

#C16A42

accent

#7239EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F5

border

#C7CBCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A90

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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